Internships and Cooperative Programs

Internships and cooperative education programs enable you to better integrate academic knowledge with its practical applications. Student internships can enhance your educational experience by making subsequent study more meaningful. In addition, exposure to accounting practice and the business environment can help you develop professionally before entering the workforce.

Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens, & Favre, PLLC is a diversified firm established in 1967 and based in South Mississippi. The firm with its staff of 5 partners and 27 professionals, 52 employees altogether, is dedicated to quality and progressive service.

Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens, & Favre, PLLC offers a tax season internship program from January to April each year. We have four to eight intern positions available each spring and request 20-30 hours a week. Three semester hours credit and an hourly wage are available to interns. Interns participate on client engagements mainly in the individual income tax area, but will become familiar with trial balance software and workpaper preparation and will assist with special projects.

To determine if your school offers an internship with AVL, contact your school's career center.

Amper Politziner & Mattia is a rapidly expanding firm of certified public accountants and consultants with offices in New York City, Edison, Bridgewater, Wall Township, Hackensack, and Westchester, who recently added an office in Jenkintown, PA through a combination with the firm Goldenberg Rosenthal. Amper is one of the fastest growing accounting firms in the region and is a Top 25 firm with eighty-four officers and a staff of over six hundred. Recently we were voted a best place to work in Pennsylvania, and for the fourth consecutive year we were voted a Top Ten Place to Work in New Jersey.

We are seeking accounting majors graduating in 2011 to become accounting interns on our professional audit, tax, litigation and IT Audit staff in all of our offices.
The Winter Internship Program starts in January and ends in May. The Summer Program extends from June to August. Internships are paid and average 20-30 hours per week in the winter and 40 hours a week in the summer.

Interns participate on real client engagements and are likely to be exposed to trial balance software to prepare work papers on field laptop computers, tax software to prepare corporate and individual tax returns, planning and execution of audit engagements, analysis of various balance sheet and income statement accounts, taking physical inventories, preparation of financial statements, internal projects. Interns will be challenged and receive periodic performance feedback.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP is one of the oldest and largest certified public accounting and consulting firms in the Midwest. Staff today includes 1,300 employees and more than 150 partners, we provide a wide range of accounting, tax, assurance and consulting services to private and public companies in many industries.

Baker Tilly is located in following cities: Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Oak Brook, IL; Southfield, MI; Minneapolis, MN, and throughout Wisconsin: Appleton, Janesville, Madison, Milwaukee and Wausau. Our regional focus means travel is limited, so you’ll be able to work and still have a personal life.

What most people like best about working at Baker Tilly is we’re just the right size—small enough that our associates get meaningful work and don’t get lost in the shuffle, yet large enough to work with a diverse range of industries and be recognized nationwide for excellence.

BKD is a certified public accounting and consulting firm offering a broad array of consulting, tax, assurance and small business services. Their 30,000 clients represent middle-market companies, closely held businesses, publicly traded entities, governmental entities, not-for-profit organization and individuals.

BKD offers internships to accounting students, typically from January through April or May but available at other times of year as well. As an intern, you will have the same responsibilities as full-time, first-year audit and tax accountants and will be paid a salary, with overtime paid at a time-and-a-half rate. If you successfully complete the internship, you will likely receive a job offer to return to BKD after graduating with your degree.

To find out if your school offers an internship with BKD, contact your accounting department or a BKD recruiter in the location you are interested in.

Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, LLP is a leading Chicago accounting and business consulting firm serving the diverse needs of middle-market, privately-held businesses in the Midwest. As the eleventh largest firm in Chicago, Blackman Kallick is committed to assisting its clients in strategic business development, integrating state-of-the-art accounting and tax services with comprehensive business consulting. With a staff of approximately 180, Blackman Kallick serves their client base of privately owned, family operated businesses with a sales range of $3-300 million. The primary industries Blackman Kallick serves include manufacturing, service firms, wholesale and distribution, construction, food processing, not-for-profit, health care hospitality, insurance and retail.

Internships at the firm are available for the spring term only and runs from early January through April. An intern in the Audit department functions as an integral member of the audit team, becoming involved in various aspects of financial accounting, auditing and taxation. The responsibilities include: assisting in the year-end audit, review or compilation of closely held corporations; assisting in the preparation of financial statements and completion of work papers; possibly assisting in special financial projects. The first few days are spent in an orientation program where interns learn basic company protocol, administrative and technical procedures and receive an overview of the firm's practice and the services it provides. Following the orientation, interns begin assignments under the supervision and guidance of experienced audit and accounting staff. They receive feedback through a one-on-one mentor relationship with the internship program director, as well as performance evaluations following each engagement by their supervisors. A mid-term and final evaluation meeting are also held with the audit partner and director of recruiting. Students applying for the internships must have completed their intermediate accounting courses.

Brady Martz & Associates is a four office regional firm serving North Dakota and Northern Minnesota. The firm has a total staff of 130 people and provides a full range of compliance and consulting services. It is a member of the McGladrey Network. Brady Martz & Associates annually offers seasonal internships from January to April. Interns participate in both audit and tax service arenas. Internships in other areas of the firm may be offered on a case by case basis.

Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. is a full service accounting and business consulting firm that has been serving the region encompassing Ohio and outlying states since its founding in 1973. Our clientele spans a wide range of industries.

The firm is comprised of three departments: tax, accounting and auditing, and management advisory services. Within these departments, the professional accountant progression is staff accountant, senior accountant, manager, senior manager, and partner. Among the services that we provide are: audit, review, and compilation reports; specialized audit services; corporate and individual multi-state tax compliance services; corporate and individual tax planning; accounting control system analysis and implementation; and more. The firm's broad range of management advisory services includes assistance with obtaining financing, mergers and acquisitions, business valuation, financial forecasts and projections, succession planning, and litigation support, among others.

Formed in 2000, C&P Advisors, LLC is also comprised of C&P Wealth Management, Ltd., a financial planning and investment advisory firm and Joel Strom Associates LLC, a management consulting firm.

Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. offers internships to college students at the junior and senior levels. Our internships start in January and run through April, although some interns have stayed on through the summer months. Opportunities in the tax and audit departments are available. The internship period benefits the firm as well as the students. You'll gain a wide range of experience, and several current employees began their career as a Ciuni & Panichi, Inc. intern.

Since 1960, Clifton Gunderson has experienced rapid growth. Currently employing more than 500 CPAs with a total staff exceeding 1400, we are ranked by the AICPA as the 12th largest CPA firm in the United States. Clifton Gunderson provides employees with career development programs such as: tuition assistance, continual training, mentoring, and flexible work arrangements. From an original Midwest base, Clifton Gunderson has expanded across the country and now has offices in 13 states and Washington, DC.

Clifton Gunderson offers paid accounting internships. The internship program is designed to give college students an opportunity to enhance their formal education with hands-on, career-related experience. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to have many of the same responsibilities as a full-time, first-year staff working with other CG professionals and partners on a variety of client projects. In addition, each intern will be paired with a mentor to assist them in their career growth and development. An internship with CG will give you the experience you need to hit the ground running when you begin your career.

For more detailed information or to apply for an internship opportunity, please visit our Web site at www.cliftoncpa.com.

Be sure to check out our one-of-a-kind internship program at www.cohencpa.jobs. The reason we have one of the most sought after programs in Ohio is because we help students develop professionally in addition to offering "real life" experiences in the areas of audit, tax, litigation support, healthcare, non-profit, etc. We incorporate communication, time management, and personal development exercises that truly take the program a notch above a typical accounting internship.

Are you always seeking the next learning opportunity? Do you excel in leadership roles? We’ll help you develop your talents further than you thought possible. We’ll help orchestrate your transition from college student to business professional. Internships at Deloitte take many forms. In summer, they last eight to ten weeks, and during the school year, they last a semester. As an intern, you’ll work as part of a client service team in one of our businesses:

No sitting around making copies or working in a back-office environment: You’ll work with real clients. You’ll see more, and you'll understand first-hand what a career with Deloitte is like as you get a feel for what you would do if you worked full-time with our organization.

An internship at Ernst & Young is a great way to apply what you’ve learned in school, test the waters of the professional world and build a strong foundation for achieving your career goals. You’ll learn effective writing, presentation and teaming skills, as well as receive functional and technical training related to one of our core practices: Assurance, Advisory Services, Tax and Transaction Advisory Services. And your learning won’t stop there. Intern assignments are as varied as our business, with clients ranging from high profile multinational corporations to entrepreneurial operations across all industries.

Ernst & Young has a variety of internship opportunities to offer, from summer and spring semesters to multiyear internships for eligible underrepresented groups in the profession. As a sponsor of INROADs, a career development program for talented minorities in business and industry, internships are also offered to students who participate in the INROADS program in Ernst & Young offices around the country. So take the first step! Contact your college or university career placement office to find out when Ernst & Young is scheduled to interview on your campus. Then check out the Ernst & Young Facebook page, and get the inside scoop on the interview process and tips for success by visiting www.ey.com/us/interviewinsider.

Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP is Atlanta's largest local accounting firm located in Sandy Springs. We provide tax, audit, and accounting services to a wide variety of clients including healthcare, small businesses, manufacturing, technology, and real estate. We offer paid internships to accounting students during tax season (January-April) primarily in the tax area. Interns who are close to completing their undergraduate degree are preferred.

Not sure about the direction you want to take with your accounting career? We can help! Explore an internship with Kennedy and Coe. An internship can give you an inside look at the career field you have chosen.

We offer both tax season and summer internships. Tax season internships are offered January through mid April. Summer internships are offered for a two-month period during June and July. Internships are full time and are paid positions. It's important to interview on campus during the fall semester in order to be considered for an internship.

What do you gain by participation in an internship?

hands-on experience with the opportunity to apply the theories and principles you’ve learned in school,

you can network with professionals who have been working in the accounting industry – learn from them and build professional relationships,

you’ll be able to use industry-specific software and technology

you’ll participate in orientation and training and will perform the same type of work as our entry-level accountants and consultants.

Why do we offer internships?

We begin a working relationship with you as a potential future employee, as several of our interns are later offered full time positions after graduation

What are the requirements prior to participating in an internship?

must be an accounting major

completed introductory and intermediate accounting courses

Completion of a tax course is a requirement for spring interns and is recommended for summer interns.

GPA of 3.0 or above in your major

Kennedy and Coe, LLC is the largest certified public accounting and consulting firm headquartered in the state of Kansas. With 8 locations in the states of Kansas and Colorado, we deliver accounting and consulting services to a large group of clients in the Midwest. Our services are more than just the traditional tax and audit. We provide specialty services in areas such as mediation, estate and succession planning, HR consulting, feed yard and agriculture consulting, manufacturing and financial institution consulting and others. Clientele include: individuals; small businesses; agriculture producers; financial, public and educational institutions; health care providers, utilities, manufacturers; contractors; and small and large retailers, as well as others. Our mission is to provide strategies that enhance the well-being of our people and the clients we serve. We encourage a family friendly work environment and have an excellent benefits package.

KPMG is an organization with tremendous momentum, propelled by smart, determined professionals who are driven by a singular ambition: to electrify clients with successful, cutting-edge solutions to their business challenges. The firm's momentum is also derived from its approach to the market and the way in which they help businesses create order from confusion. The firm is different because it provides insights that help clients analyze their business operations with uncommon clarity—raising their level of performance as a result.

At KPMG, the firm's internship program is designed to provide a valuable learning experience. Because KPMG views its internship program as a "stepping stone" for a career at KPMG, all of the programs and processes it uses over the course of the internship mirror those it uses for full-time professionals.

You will receive training the first week of your internship. This training program will expose you to KPMG culture and leadership, and provide you with a knowledge base to draw upon throughout the remainder of your internship.

After training, you will be assigned to a variety of Client Service engagements for the remainder of your internship. These experiences will help you gain a better understanding of KPMG and a career at a professional services firm.

At the beginning of your internship you will set goals. To help you assess how you measure against your goals, you will receive formal feedback from your supervisor at the end of each client engagement, to help you identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Your internship will expose you to KPMG technology and how the firm utilizes technology every day. You will also be provided a laptop to utilize for the duration of your internship.

A number of social activities are planned throughout the internship program, allowing you the opportunity to bond with other interns and meet other KPMG professionals in a fun and relaxing environment. You will receive a competitive salary during your internship and scheduling is flexible, allowing you to take vacation if needed.

Upon successful completion of your internship, you will be presented with a full-time offer of employment with KPMG.

KPMG has two structured internship programs. Both programs have the same vision and design. Some offices do make special arrangements if necessary.

Winter/Spring—this program begins with training the first week of January and is a 1- to 3-month program, depending upon your personal availability and the office needs.

Summer—this program begins with training in June and is a 7 - to 10-weeks program, depending upon your personal availability and the office needs.

If you are interested in an internship with KPMG, please visit your campus career center or visit www.kpmgcampus.com.

L. Paul Kassouf & Co., PC is a local, progressive CPA firm located in Birmingham, Alabama, with practice emphasis on tax, tax planning and business consulting. The firm provides various internship opportunities (full-time as well as part-time positions) to those students majoring in accounting, as well as assisting with tuition and books for its employees if certain grades are earned. L. Paul Kassouf & Co. has established scholarships at two institutions of higher learning for accounting majors.

Lurie, Besikof, Lapidus & Co., LLP is a full service accounting firm established over 60 years ago. In addition to providing traditional tax, audit and accounting service, the firm also has experts on staff to service clients in the areas of technology, investment banking, litigation support HR Solution Business Consulting and bookkeeping. Internships are generally granted beginning January through the end of April. The firm currently donates money to several organizations in support of their scholarship funds.

McArthur, Thames, Slay and Dews, PLLC is a local public accounting firm located in Hattiesburg, MS. The firm has approximately twenty-five personnel dedicated to quality personal service. The firm offers services in the areas of audit, tax, business planning, and meeting the personal and business needs of clients. The clients of the firm include a wide variety of individuals and business entities, including some large multi-state audit clients. The firm services clients located, for the most part, in south central parts of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and the panhandle of Florida.

The firm offers part-time and full-time internships to selected, qualified college/university seniors and/or graduate students majoring in accounting. Student interns work alongside the firm's professionals. The internships are for either of two periods, either January through April (tax season) or September through December.

Written applications for the internship positions are required. Applications are available in person from our office during normal business hours, or they may be requested in writing (either by first class mail or by fax) addressed to the firm's Personnel Director.

Padgett, Stratemann & Co., L.L.P. (PS&Co.) has remained strong for 50 years across Texas. It is San Antonio's 4th largest accounting firm. It is locally owned with 10 partners and over 100 experienced team members and is continually growing in size and strength. PS&Co. is a member of the RSM McGladrey, Inc. networking system which enables the firm to provide its employees and clients the resources and benefits of national firms without losing the personal relationships established in small-sized firms. Employees also have excellent opportunities for professional development through the firm's mentoring and evaluation process.

PS&Co. offers both fall and spring internship programs for the tax and audit departments. Interns must have completed Intermediate I & II accounting courses. Tax interns should also have completed Income Tax Accounting. The firm will interview qualified students authorized to work on a full-time basis in the United States.

Plante & Moran, LLP is a regional public accounting and management consulting firm, with offices in Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. The firm offers internships in the winter/spring and summer semesters to college students pursuing business degrees in accounting, finance and management information systems. For more information on internship opportunities with Plante & Moran, PLLC, contact your campus career center or visit the firm's Web site at www.plantemoran.jobs.

For 11 consecutive years, we’ve been named one of the nation’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” by FORTUNE magazine — providing unsurpassed opportunity and an unequaled culture to talented, self-motivated individuals who have a passion to serve and a hunger to thrive.

Embarking on a new career can be one of the most exciting times in your life. As you begin to design your career, you are building on the personal motivation and academic achievement you have already attained. PricewaterhouseCoopers internship opportunities are dynamic and cutting-edge and are designed to enhance your academic background in addition to giving you early exposure to the professional services industry.

If you have the vision to plan your future and you want to gain hands-on experience in an exciting and challenging environment, learn about the firm's internship opportunities for campus candidates. Read more about the PwC internship opportunities by visiting their website.

RSM McGladrey is a leading professional service firm providing accounting, tax and business consulting. RSM McGladrey operates in an alternative practice structure with McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, a partner-owned CPA firm that delivers audit and attest services. Though separate and independent legal entities, they work together to serve clients’ business needs. Together, the companies rank as the fifth largest U.S. provider of accounting, tax and business consulting services (source: Accounting Today) with 8,000 professionals and associates in nearly 100 offices.

The firms offer internships both summer and winter (busy season) internship opportunities in most of its locations across the country.

For more information about internship opportunities with McGladrey, contact your campus career center or visit www.rsmmcgladrey.jobs.

Rehmann is one of the largest Michigan-based public accounting and consulting firms and continues to grow. With 13 offices in Michigan and one in Florida and over 600 associates, Rehmann has grown through mergers since 1941. For six consecutive years, Rehmann has been awarded one of the 101 Best Companies to Work for in Michigan. In 2008, Accounting Today rated Rehmann as one of the 70 best companies to work for in the US. With emphasis in auditing including SEC and NFP work, local and international tax, consulting, and forensic investigative work, Rehmann continues to hire students seeking internships and full time opportunities in audit or tax. By holding true to their corporate values, mission, vision and strategic plan, Rehmann provides diversity of work, career development, work/life balance and appreciation to their associates.

Rothstein, Kass & Company, P.C., founded in 1959, is one of the leading accounting firms in the region. Today the firm is among the top 14 New York area accounting firms, according to Crain's New York Business. RK & Co., has been named among the “Best of the Best" in Bowman's Accounting Report and listed us one of the top 25 accounting firms in the country. As a full service firm we specialize in the following areas: financial services, accounting services including audit, review and compilation, tax compliance and consulting, financial management consulting, litigation support and computer applications. Our clients range from individuals and families to international companies. We have experienced explosive growth over the years and anticipate continued growth in the future.

At Rothstein, Kass & Company, P.C. we believe that our people are the future of our firm and the basis for our success. We share the same vision as many college students embarking on a new career - pride, success, growth and advancement. If you are looking to do an internship with a company that will afford you the chance to live up to your fullest potential and give you the opportunities and the resources you need as a stepping stone towards your career, please contact Toni Wilcenski at (973) 994-6666 and visit our Web site at www.rkco.com.

Schenck is a full-service CPA and consulting firm with more than 500 employees in 8 Wisconsin locations (Appleton, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Sheboygan and Stevens Point). We’ve earned a strong reputation as one of the top accounting and business consulting firms in the nation because of the exceptional people on our team.

We’re looking for dynamic, motivated individuals to join us for full-time and spring internship opportunities. If you’re looking for a diverse work experience that can’t be found in any other firm...a challenging career, not simply a job...and the chance to really get to know your clients and their businesses, contact us today!

UHY Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp Advisors, Inc., is the largest locally owned professional and financial services firm in Houston, Texas. It is a full-service firm with specialists in the areas of tax, financial services, entrepreneurial services, profit enhancement consulting, litigation support, wealth advisory, flexible staffing services, and estate planning. The firm provides its clients with professional and personalized service based on over 31 years of experience in financial services in the Houston area.

The firm will select qualified individuals to receive internship awards. The students receiving internships come from schools located all over the United States. UHY Mann Frankfort Stein & Lipp Advisors, Inc. also sponsors a Scholarship/Internship Program in conjunction with the University of Houston main campus. The recipients in this program will receive $2,000 per year in scholarship funds, payable to the university at the beginning of each semester.

Additionally, the recipients will be employed as an intern during school with a starting pay rate of $13 per hour. The award is renewable, pending review, until graduation. Applications are accepted during the year and positions are filled according to the needs of the firm.
Requirements for application:

Accounting major

Completed (or in process of completing) Intermediate II.

Minimum GPA of 3.2

Must carry a minimum of 12 hours

Must be willing to work 10-20 hours per week at the firm, year-round (possible full time in the summer).

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